As a child, my grandmother's gold necklace had fascinated me. My fingers would trace its delicately moulded design and feel the intricate lattice work. My imagination fired with
A detailed survey profiles the grey world of sex workers in Madras.
Each of South Asia's national governments has approached the spiralling AIDS crisis with its own unique blend of belated actions, hamstrung policies, and official denials. The window for containing the disease's spread is quickly closing, but indifference and irresolution remains the order of the da
The initial response of South Asian governments to AIDS when it appeared two decades ago was to hide behind the mantle of 'Asian morals' — a strategy that succeeded
South Asia does not have clear guidelines for medical research. Multinational firms eager to push their products take advantage of a 'drug-naive' population.
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The South Asian response to AIDS is still mired in denial, ignorance and wishful thinking. But with more than a million AIDS orphans in the region, it is time the
AIDS, until recently considered a problem of poor African and affluent Western societies, is very much a South Asian problem. As the epidemic engulfs the backwaters of Asia, health workers
